Edgar Springs, Missouri is a small town located in Texas County. It is a peaceful place, where the people of the community come together to maintain the small-town charm and sense of safety that residents have come to know and love. Though it may be a small town, the politics of Edgar Springs are no less important than any other city or state. The local government works hard to ensure that citizens have their voices heard, as well as providing services such as fire protection, street maintenance, and parks and recreation. Every two years the residents get to vote for the mayor, aldermen, comptroller, police chief and other municipal positions. With voting comes awareness of current issues in the area and how they can affect all citizens. Through local government meetings and debates on proposed laws or ordinances, each citizen can make their opinion count towards the betterment of their town.
The political climate in Edgar Springs, MO is strongly conservative.
Phelps County, MO is very conservative. In Phelps County, MO 28.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Phelps county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.8% to 28.8%.
Phelps county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Edgar Springs, MO is strongly conservative.
Phelps County, Missouri is very conservative.
Rolla Metro Area is very conservative.
Missouri is somewhat conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Edgar Springs, Missouri: R R R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Edgar Springs, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 36 contributions totaling $6,063 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $168 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)